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Associated Press:
Bradley Manning's defense attorney says soldier is a whistleblower who wanted to inform public — FORT MEADE, Md. — U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is a whistleblower who wanted to inform the American public about the troubling things he saw in the war zone, and the soldier is willing to pay …
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Brian Fung / Wonkblog:
Why Bradley Manning's court-martial matters for civilians
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Guardian and Kirk LaPointe's …
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Press Conditions In Bradley Manning Trial Compared To Libya
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Techdirt, @carwinb, Firedoglake, Boing Boing and Freedom of the Press …
Dave Lee / BBC:
Chinese firm Huawei controls net filter praised by PM — Huawei has had considerable operations in the UK for almost a decade — The pornography filtering system praised by David Cameron is controlled by the controversial Chinese company Huawei, the BBC has learned.
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Yahoo! News, Fast Company, ANIMAL, China Real Time Report, Engadget, Mashable, Groupthink, Techdirt, Electronista, Boing Boing, Quartz, Beijing Cream and Business Insider
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Andy / TorrentFreak:
UK Porn Filter Will Censor Other Content Too, ISPs Reveal — On Monday David Cameron told his citizens that by the end of the year broadband subscribers will be required to go through a compulsory system which will decide what they can and cannot see on the Internet.
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ReadWrite, Plagiarism Today, TechCrunch, Yahoo! News, Softpedia News, Boing Boing and Techdirt
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Pearson puts FT Group's Mergermarket up for sale — • Company is exploring possibility of selling off financial intelligence business — • Chief executive John Fallon insists Financial Times remains valued part of business and is not for sale — • FT Group reports flat revenues of £217m in first half of year
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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Ebooks now make up 33 percent of Penguin's US revenue
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Digital Book World, PublishersWeekly.com and Stock Investing Advice
Simon Zekaria / Wall Street Journal:
Pearson Posts Loss as Restructuring Continues
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Washington Post launches a new site focused on state and local government — The Washington Post is taking a different approach to its government reporting. On Aug. 19 the Post will launch GovBeat, a site that focuses on the interaction between Washington, D.C., and state and local governments around the country.
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Mediashift, FishbowlDC, NetNewsCheck Latest and Columbia Journalism Review
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Glenn Greenwald To Testify Before Congress — A congressional hearing next Wednesday on the National Security Agency's surveillance efforts will include testimony from critics, including the journalist who first reported on the programs. — Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) told The Guardian …
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Guardian, @ggreenwald, The Huffington Post, @mattortega and @jeffjarvis
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
WBEZ president Torey Malatia resigns — Torey Malatia, the longtime general manager of public radio station WBEZ-FM 91.5, is resigning his post effective Friday. — He announced his decision in a joint statement issued by parent organization Chicago Public Media, where he served as president and CEO.
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@billadairduke, @rsamer, @rsamer, @theboxfactory, @kairyssdal, @robertfeder and Current.org
Jim Romenesko:
Newspaper editor admits he's ‘in the way of progress’ and steps down — Kudos to Joe Butkiewicz for being refreshingly honest about his decision to resign as executive editor of the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: “In my old-fashioned way, I'm in the way of progress.”
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The Times-Tribune and The Huffington Post
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Journalists and their funders: Whose job is it to measure impact, and how should it be done? — Chuck Lewis didn't mean to become the Yoda of nonprofit journalism — it just sort of happened that way. He was a reporter for decades before founding his first nonprofit, the Center for Public Integrity …
Stuart Kemp / Hollywood Reporter:
BBC Veteran Stuart Hall's Sentence for Sex Offenses Doubled — Court of Appeal judges have increased his time in prison to 30 months, after critics complained he “got off lightly” after admitting to crimes against young girls. — LONDON — The sentence of 15 months in prison …
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Says Snowden Wouldn't Face Death Penalty — Holder Also Rules Out Torture in Bid to Reassure Russia — WASHINGTON—U.S. authorities say National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wouldn't face the death penalty—and also promise he wouldn't be tortured—in a new letter hoping …
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Reuters, VentureBeat and The Verge
Elias Biryabarema / Reuters:
Uganda to deport U.S. journalist for illegal presence — * Was arrested while filming opposition protest — Uganda said on Friday it would deport a U.S. freelance journalist arrested while filming opposition activists clashing with police in Kampala, accusing him of working in Uganda illegally.
Erik Wemple:
Sponsored content confusion: PolitiFact R.I. raps BuzzFeed for toothpaste thing — It's a challenge of which fact-checking trainees dream. On July 14, BuzzFeed published a list — 11 Awesome Facts You Never Knew About Rhode Island — that included one hilarious assertion: “In Providence …
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Rob Evans / Guardian:
Prince Charles's letters: judges allow appeal against block on publication — High court judges give the Guardian right to challenge cabinet move to keep secret so-called ‘black spider memos’ — Three high court judges have given permission for an appeal to be mounted against a decision …
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